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>> THIS WEEK'S FUN AND GAMES FOR FORT DODGE IOWA CONTINUES AT ROGER SPORTS COMPLEX.

THEY ARE READY NOW AT THE ATHLETIC AND STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS.

WE ARE GETTING STARTED NOW WITH THE CLASS FIVE A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

SIX SEED SPARTANS WILL BE PLAYING IN THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SINCE WINNING IN 2017 IN 2018.

SHE IS ELLIE CAPPER AND I AM BRAD WELLS.

GAME USE THEIR OFFENSE TO POWER THEMSELVES TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME?

>> THIS WAS AN EIGHT RUN FIFTH INNING YESTERDAY WHICH IS A CLASS FIVE A TOURNAMENT RECORD AND FOR PLEASANT VALLEY WAS SIX RUNS IN THE SIXTH LED BY A GRAND SLAM BY MARY A CAGE WEATHERS.

NEITHER OF THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE OUT OF IT IF THEY GET BEHIND MORE THAN TWO OR THREE RUNS.

FOR THE SPARTANS THIS IS THE 12th TRIP TO STATE AND AIDED THEM THE LAST 12 YEARS.

A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION FROM UPPERCLASSMAN AND UNDERCLASSMEN.

13 HOMERUNS ON THE SEASON AND THEY HAVE BEEN REAL LEADERS AT THE PLATES AND DEFENSIVELY.

IT IS SIMILAR YOU HAVE USED NOW THAT IS CONTRIBUTING AS WELL.

MATTIE OTT AND JORDAN KENNEDY IT IS LIKELY WE WILL SEE THE EIGHTH-GRADER WHO HAS A 109 E.R.A.

ON THE SEASON.

WE ARE JOINED PRESENTATIONS NOW WITH THE 2023 ATHLETIC UNION HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES.

>> A FIVE YEAR STARTER FOR THE LIONS AND HELPED BEFORE THESE APPEARANCES.

SHE RECORDED A PITCHING RECORD OF 89-15 WITH 740 CAREER STRIKEOUTS.

HER BAT WAS JUST AS LETHAL WITH 28 HOMERUNS AND 204 RUNS BATTED IN.

SHE EARNED FIRST-TEAM ELITE ALL- STATE HONORS AND WAS A CLASS FOR A ALL TEAM SELECTION FOUR TIMES.

SHE WAS HERE INCLUDING HER SENIOR YEAR WHICH STRUCK OUT 19 IN A 2 TO 113 INNING OPENING ROUND LOSS TO WEST DES MOINES VALLEY.

SHE ALSO HAD THE TWO SEMI FINAL FINISH IN 2007.

SHE ENJOYED A STELLAR CAREER NORTHERN IOWA COMPILING SIX VICTORIES.

AS A SENIOR 15-10 WITH 16 COMPLETE GAMES AND HELPING THE SENIORS THROUGH THE MISSOURI COUNTY VIOLENT WITH A DEGREE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND ALSO RESIDE IN WEST DES MOINES WITH KENDALL AND ROWAN AS WELL AS ADDISON AND HENDRICK MOOSE AND WALLY.

LET'S WELCOME A FAMILIAR FACE BACK TO THE STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT FROM GLENMORE HIGH SCHOOL, JAY HUTCHINSON'S LAB.

THE FINAL INDUCTEE START FROM 2009 THROUGH 2013 THE SHORTSTOP IS A FULL-TIME SELECTION FOR THE SPARTANS HELPING PLEASANT VALLEY REACHED THREE STATE TOURNAMENTS WHILE EARNING HONORS AS A SOPHOMORE.

THE 2011 TOURNAMENT SAW THEM HIT 667 WITH SIX RUNS BATTED IN AND A FIRST ROUND VICTORY.

AVERAGE OF 479 WITH 43 CAREER HOME RUNS 188 RBIs 305 HITS AND 238 CAREER RUNS SCORED.

HER TALENT GUIDED HER TO UNIVERSITY WISCONSIN WHERE SHE BECAME ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED PLAYERS IN BADGER SOFTBALL HISTORY.

SHE EARNED A CAREER BATTING AVERAGE AT 357 WITH 31 HOME RUNS AND 181 RBIs.

AS A SENIOR SHE BATTED A BIG TEN CONFERENCE BEST FOR 26 WITH 53 RUNS SCORED.

SHE WAS NAMED SECOND TEAM ALL CONFERENCE AND BECAME THE FIRST SOFTBALL PLAYER TO EARN ALL- AMERICAN HONORS WHEN SHE WAS A THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICAN SELECTION.

SINCE GRADUATING SHE MOVED TO MINNEAPOLIS TO BEGIN A CAREER IN STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY AND WILL NOW BE WORKING AT THE SHIRLEY RYAN LOCATION.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHLOE MILLER.

>> THERE IS A LOOK AT BEFORE HALL OF FAMER'S TODAY.

PLAYING FOR IOWA STATE WITH AMANDA'S US OUT OF DES MOINES EAST PLAYING FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.

ALSO THIS JACKET NORTH SOFTBALL WINNER OF TWIN CEDARS AND JAELYN ADAMS OF FORT DODGE HONORED FOR BEING A 100 GAME WINNER.

ITEMS COMPLETED HER FRESHMAN SEASON WITH THE IOWA HAWKEYES.

THEY CAME CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THAT FIVE A TITLE GAME.

WE GET READY FOR THE TOP SEED ANTHONY CENTENNIAL.

THAT IS WITH THE INTRODUCTION PUBLIC ADDRESS ANNOUNCER TIM FITZPATRICK.

MUSCATINE HAS A 5-0 VICTORY OVER POPE TO GET THE COMPETITION STARTED FOR THE DAY.

PLEASANT VALLEY ON TOP OF THE SEMI FINALS WITH ANTHONY CENTENNIAL DEFEATING SOUTHEAST POLK 11-1 OUT OF FIVE INNINGS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

SOFTBALL FANS AND MORE WELCOME TO ROGER SPORTS COMPLEX AND THE FIVE A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO TWEEN THE VISITING TEAM OF PLEASANT VALLEY SPARTANS AND THE CENTENNIAL JOB WIRES.

LET'S MEET THE TEAMS.

HERE ARE THE NONSTARTERS FIRST OF ALL FOR PLEASANT VALLEY SPARTANS YOU HAVE NUMBER THREE GRACE GEORGE.

NUMBER FOUR CAMI WADE.

NUMBER SIX BELLA CHAMBERLAIN.

NUMBER NINE JEHLE BISCHOFF.

NUMBER 12 ABBY ROGERS.

NUMBER 15 TAYLOR HARRIS.

AND NUMBER 20 McKENZIE FA.

THE ASSISTANT COACH ALEXIA LAURA.

AMANDA RAY.

HALEY DO.

ALYSSA SIMON.

AND NOW, HERE IS YOUR STARTING LINEUP FOR THE SPARTANS OF PLAYING SHORTSTOP IS NUMBER TWO JESSICA CLEMENS.

BATTING SECOND IS REAGAN HASSLE.

BATTING THIRD AND CATCHING IS CASEY KANE.

CLEANUP HITTER FOR THE SPARTANS AND DOING THE PITCHING IS CAITLIN MARKEL.

BATTING FIFTH AT RIGHT FIELD IS ADDISON ODA.

BATTING SIXTH IS THE DESIGNATED PLAYER CAITLIN KEEFER.

BATTING SEVENTH NUMBER 11 MARY PAGE WEATHERS.

BATTING EIGHTH AT THIRD BASE SARAH RIGDON.

BATTING NINTH THE CENTER FIELDER ASHLEY HINSON.

THE FLEX PLAYER AVA CROWLEY.

THE HEAD COACH FOR THE SPARTANS JOSÉÉ LAURA.

AND NOW LET'S MEET THE HOME TEAM THE CENTENNIAL JOB WIRES.

HERE ARE THE NONSTARTERS.

NUMBER ONE, MAINLAND ALEJO.

NUMBER TWO MARY MANA SMITH.

NUMBER FIVE EDDIE NUMBER SIX LAUREN SENT HOME.

NUMBER EIGHT JADEN STAIR.

NUMBER NINE CAMI STAR.

NUMBER 19 MARY BRANTLEY.

NUMBER 21 RUBY SPRECHER.

NUMBER 26 McKENNA FOSTER.

AND NUMBER 33 ELLIE MARIN'S.

YOUR ASSISTANT COACH RACHEL WHITESIDE.

ABBY HUGHES SAC.

FRANNIE BURNETT.

SAMMY MILLER.

AND NOW HERE IS YOUR STARTING LINEUP FOR THE CENTENNIAL JAGUARS LEADING OFF PLAYING CENTERFIELD McKENZIE JAMES.

BATTING SECOND IN RIGHT FIELD PATENT ROETHKE.

SIDNEY MORRIS.

CLEANUP HITTER FOR THE JOB WIRES NUMBER 25 JORDAN KENNEDY.

BATTING FIFTH IN LEFT FIELD MATTIE OTT.

BATTING SIXTH MARIAH BELZER.

BATTING SEVENTH, CORA BOREAL.

BATTING EIGHTH ADDIE STAR.

BATTING IN THE NINTH POSITION THE DESIGNATED HITTER LAUREN MASTERSON.

YOUR PLEX PLAYER DOING THE PITCHING IS JESSICA LATHROP.

HEAD COACH FOR THE JACK WIRES IS BRENTZ DELANEY.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE HOME PLATE AREA.

THE UMPIRES FOR THIS CHAMPIONSHIP AS ASSIGNED BY THE IOWA GIRLS ATHLETIC UNION AT FIRST BASE IS PHIL KREIS.

AT THIRD BASE IS TOM SULLIVAN.

IS MR. PAUL BYRD.

WHO IS READY TO PLAY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SOFTBALL?

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEFENSE AND HOW IT PLAYS ON THE FIELD.

YOU HAVE JAMES AND DRESS SKI.

CROSSING THE OUTFIELD LEFT TO RIGHT WITH BOYLE AND KENNEDY ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

IT WILL BE LAUREN GUSTER'S AND WHO WILL START IN THE CIRCLE AND SIDNEY MORRIS WILL BE BEHIND THE PLATE.

MORE ON LAUREN GUSTER'S AND AS SHE IS THE SENIOR FRESHMAN WHO WILL COME IN.

GUSTER'S AND IS THE SENIOR 8-2 ON THE SEASON.

94 STRIKEOUTS COMING INTO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

THEY HAVE BEEN STEADY THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

SHE IS NOT GOING TO THROW IT TOO MUCH VELOCITY BUT SHE DOES THROW IT OVER THE PLATE AND THE CENTENNIAL DEFENSE HAS BEEN ROCKSOLID ALL SEASON.

SHE WILL FIELD HER POSITION AND MAKE SOME FANTASTIC PLACE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE BATTING ORDER FOR ANTHONY CENTENNIAL.

CLEMENS WILL NEED THINGS OFF WHO IS THE JUNIOR GOING TO IOWA STATE.

VERY SOLID AT THE TOP.

WHAT A TONE SETTER JESSE CLEMENS GETTING READY TO LEAVE THINGS OFF.

WE GET STARTED HERE AT THE CLASS FIVE A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FIRST PITCH IS LOW AND AWAY.

DANGEROUS HITTER IN THE SEMI FINALS.

THREE FOR FOUR WITH A HOME RUN SHE HAD 10 ON THE SEASON.

COMING INTO THE STATE TOURNAMENT THEY TAKE ONE RIGHT OUT OF THE PIKE.

CLEMENS COMES IN WITH A VERY CALM APPROACH TO LEAD OFF THIS GAME FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.

THEY WILL NOT CHASE ANYTHING THAT THEY DON'T LIKE EARLY ON IN THE COUNT.

THE MISS IS OFF THE PLATE AND THEY HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH CLEMENS.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A HEADER THAT LEADS YOU IN HOME RUNS BUT IF THEY ARE PRODUCING THEY STILL MANAGE TO GET ON BASE BATTING AVERAGE.

TYPICALLY YOU THINK THEY WANT THE LEAD-OFF HITTER ON BASE.

WHETHER THAT BE A HOME RUN OR SINGLE.

HITTING 448 ON THE YEAR THEY ARE MANAGING TO GET ON BASE.

FURTHER MINDSETS WITH THE BEST HITTER GETTING AS MANY AT-BATS AS POSSIBLE.

GUSTER'S AND STARTS THE GAME WITH A STRIKEOUT.

GOING WITH THE RISE BALL AS THEY STARTED OUT AT THE KNEES GOING FOR A LOW RISE.

THAT WILL BRING UP REAGAN HASSLE.

THE SECOND BASEMAN WHO WILL BE PLAYING SOFTBALL AT WOODSBURGH STARTING IN THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR.

TWO FOR THREE WITH A SACRIFICE BUNT SCORING TWO RUNS.

AND STOLE A BASE WITH SOME SPEED IT IS HANDLED BY JORDAN KENNEDY AND THEY WILL TAKE THIS ONE UNASSISTED FOR OUT NUMBER TWO.

THEY TALK ABOUT THE SOLID DEFENSE JORDAN KENNEDY IS THE PLAYER TO WATCH COMING IN IS JUST A FRESHMAN.

THERE IS A FANTASTIC FRESHMAN ON VARSITY AS AN EIGHTH-GRADER LAST YEAR.

AND THERE IS GUSTER'S AND WITH THE FIRST PITCH STRIKE AND CASEY KANE WAS THE NUMBER THREE HITTER.

TEAM HIGH WITH 36 RUNS BATTED IN.

CASEY KANE HITTING FOUR 50 ON THE SEASON WITH INSANE NUMBERS TO BE PUTTING UP.

FIVE HOME RUNS A TRIPLE AND PART OF THOSE HITS COMING INTO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

THEY JUST MISSED OFF THE PLATE.

A BASE HIT UP THE MIDDLE CASEY KANE HAS THE FIRST HIT FOR THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

CASEY KANE HAS A GREAT PIECE OF HITTING AND THIS IS HER SPOT GETTING TOO MUCH PLATE HERE AND TAKE THIS ONE RIGHT BACK UP THE MIDDLE.

>> GREAT COURTESY FOR THE CATCHER.

BELLA CHAMBERLAIN IS THE FRESHMAN AND THEY WILL COME INTO THE GAME TO RUN BASES FOR CASEY KANE.

THAT WILL BE A COURTESY RUNNER.

THERE IS CAITLIN MARKEL WHO IS THE SOPHOMORE PITCHER.

A RUNNER ON AND TWO DOWN HERE IN THE FIRST.

FIRST PITCH STRIKE AS GUSTER'S AND IS WORKING WORKING THE OUTSIDE EDGE.

THEY ARE CONTINUING TO PUT THIS IN THE LEFT-HAND BETTER BOX GETTING THE STRIKE CALLS.

THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN THE FOUL TERRITORY TOWARD THE RIGHT FIELD.

SITTING ALONG THE FENCE ARE SOME FANS.

A LOT OF EYES ON THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FIELD.

WE DO GET IT STARTED WITH THIS FIVE A TITLE GAME AND THERE ARE THOSE NUMBERS FOR THE SEASON.

THIS ONE GOES UPSTAIRS.

BEHIND THE PLATE FOR CENTENNIAL LINING AND ONCE AGAIN GUSTER'S AND GOES WITH THE RISE BALL AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB HOLDING OFF.

THERE IS THAT 1 -2 PUNCH AND AGAIN MARKEL ABLE TO HOLD OFF ON THAT ONE WITH THE PITCH UPSTAIRS 2 -TO MAKE THE COUNT.

THIS ONE RUNS FOR KANE.

FELD BACK AND OUT OF PLAY.

2-2.

THEY ARE DOING A NICE JOB GETTING THE HANDS ON THE BALL AND GUSTER'S AND CONTINUES TO GO WITH THIS RISE BALL AND THE GROUND BALL WAS PERFECT NOT TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH WITH IT.

THEY SET IN ON THE CIRCLE ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THIS INNING.

JUST ENOUGH TO STAY ALIVE.

JOSÉÉ LAURA THERE IN THE THIRD BASE COACH'S BOX.

SOLID OFFENSE OF TEAM THEY MAKE IT ACROSS THE DIAMOND IN TIME.

A TWO-OUT SINGLE BY PLEASANT VALLEY.

ANTHONY CENTENNIAL GETS OUT OF THIS AND WE WILL LISTEN IN AS THEY GO TOWARD THE JACK WIRES.

>> GREAT INSTRUCTION COMING FROM BRETT BELLINI AS WE GET READY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLEASANT VALLEY DEFENSIVE LINE UP.

WITHERS HANSEN AND ODETTE WILL BE THERE IN THE OUTFIELD.

RALLY AT THIRD AND CLEMENS IS THE SPEEDY SHORTSTOP.

HASSLING THE SECOND BASEMAN.

KIEFER AT FIRST AND CASEY KANE BEHIND THE PLATE.

CAITLIN MARKEL IN THE CIRCLE.

SOPHOMORE PITCHER FROM PLEASANT VALLEY.

MERKEL WITH A 3.09 EARNED RUN 16 WALKS WITH 86 INNINGS PITCHED.

SHE PITCHES SO EFFECTIVELY WITH A SOLID DEFENSE BEHIND HER.

WHEN YOU CAN GET TEAMS TO GROUND INTO THOSE OUTS YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE.

>> THEY'VE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE WITH THAT CENTENNIAL TUNNEL GOING TOWARD THE RIGHT CENTER THEY KNOW SHE'S GOING TO SPIN IT AND TRY TO PUSH WITH IT.

HERE IS YOUR BATTING ORDER FOR ANTHONY CENTENNIAL LEADING THINGS OFF WITH JAMES STRANSKY MORRIS.

THERE IS JAMES MORRIS KENNEDY.

THE JAGUARS COME TO THE PLATE AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE KEYS TO THE GAME WITH ANTHONY CENTENNIAL AT THE NUMBER ONE THEY BRING THIS AGAIN WITH PITCH BY COMMITTEE WE'VE SEEN GUSTER SEND AND WE WILL PROBABLY SEE LAUREN SAND HOME AS WELL.

WE GET THINGS ROLLING FOR ANTHONY CENTENNIAL LEADING IT OFF WITH JAMES WHO IS TIED FOR A TEAM-HIGH 11 DOUBLES ON THE YEAR.

PLANNING TO PLAY COLLEGE SOFTBALL AT SIMPSON NEXT SEASON.

TWO FOR FOUR IN THE SEMI FINAL VICTORY OVER SOUTHEAST POLK.

THEY HAD THE INSIDE STRIKE TO MAKE THIS ONE ACADEMIC 1.

LET'S LOOK AT THE KEYS TO THE GAME AND THEY SEEM TO BE HAVING SOME MAJOR SUCCESS.

THEY NEED TO PLAY WITH PURPOSE THE PLAN AND THEY HAVE THOSE BIG BATS AS WELL.

LEAD OFF BASE HIT FOR JAMES INTO LEFT FIELD.

ANTHONY WILL CENTENNIAL WASTES NO TIME TO GET THAT FIRST BASERUNNER ON BOARD.

JAMES HITTING.459 THIS SEASON.

THAT BRINGS UP PEYTON DRAFT SKI.

AMAZING LEAD OFF IT SETS THE TONE FOR THE GAME PARTICULARLY IN THIS FIRST INNING.

THE BUNT ATTEMPT GOES FOUL BY DRAFT KEY.

WE SAW THESE TEAMS PUT UP A LOT OF RUNS AND THEY WOULD HAVE BIG INNINGS.

EIGHT RUNS WITH A FIVE A RECORD AS YOU MENTIONED AND THEY HAD TRYING TO SCRATCH THE RUN ACROSS GETTING A ONE OR TWO RUN LEAD CAN BE HUGE IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

IT IS PERFECT WHEN YOU PLAY IN A CHAMPIONSHIP EVERY RUN MATTERS.

YOUR GOAL IS TO WIN EACH ENDING THE MATTER HOW MANY YOU CAN SCORE.

KIEFER FIELDED THIS ONE NICELY.

THEY GET THE OUT AND THEY ADVANCE WITH JONES TO SECOND BASE AND SYDNEY MORRIS NOW TO THE PLATE.

A REALLY INTERESTING STORY FOR CAITLIN MARKEL THIS PAST FALL IT LEFT HER WITH A BRAIN INJURY.

HER RECOVERY PUTS HER WITH AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE SHE WAS CLEARED TO RESUME PLAYING SOFTBALL IN JANUARY SHE SAID BEING AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT WAS HER DREAM BUT SHE IS PITCHING IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME NOW AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND THE PROGNOSIS WILL BE BLEAK.

THEY SAID IT IS QUITE REMARKABLE TO HIM AFTER VISITING CAITLIN AND IT WAS A STRUGGLE JUST TO SPEAK AT ONE TIME BUT TO SEE HER COME ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHERE SHE IS NOW IS SO INCREDIBLE.

>> HEARING THE STORY FROM HER AND FROM WAS SUCH A MIRACLE.

SHE COULDN'T EVEN SEE AT ONE POINT AND HER ONLY VISION WAS TO BE IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR SOFTBALL.

AND THAT WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS AGO.

SYDNEY MORRIS DRAWLS THE WALK AND THERE ARE TWO ON THE BOARD.

THEY WILL HAVE THE COURTESY RUNNER.

FOR EVERY TEAM THEY TALK ABOUT OVERCOMING ADVERSITY IN SOME WAY FOR SOME TEAMS IT'S MINOR AND FURTHER TEAMS IS MAJOR.

REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THIS GAME WHAT AN OUTSTANDING OUTCOME IN THIS GAME AND WE KNOW WE WILL SEE HER HERE AGAIN.

COACH LARS SAID IT WAS ALSO INCREDIBLE HOW THE SOFTBALL FAMILY CAME TOGETHER WITH PLEASANT VALLEY AND THE TRAVEL SOFTBALL TEAM AS WELL THAT BROUGHT THE FAMILY FOR TWO WEEKS AFTER THEY CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL.

AND THEY JUST SO SIMPLY SHOWED SUCH A GREAT BACK SAFELY IS JAMES.

A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH ONE FRESHMAN AT THE PLATE AND ONE ON DECK.

BOTH OF WHICH HIT ABSOLUTE BOMBS IN THE SEMI FINAL GAME.

JORDAN KENNEDY LOOKS AT THAT ONE LOW AND AWAY.

10 HOME RUNS AND THEY LEAD THE TEAM THIS SEASON.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE COACH LAURA OR MARCO WANT TO GIVE THEM ANYTHING CLOSE WITH RUNNERS ON.

REALLY STAYING IN THE LEFT- HANDED BATTERS BOX AND OUTSIDE JUST AS DANGEROUS ON DECK IS MADDIE OTT.

THERE IS THE 3-0 THE CATCH IS THE CORNER.

KENNEDY WILL GET TO SEE ONE MORE.

PITCH SLAPPED INTO RIGHT CENTER FIELD.

THAT WILL BE A BASE HIT EXTRA BASES WITH ONE RUN IN.

IT IS A DOUBLE FOR JORDAN KENNEDY.

JORDAN KENNEDY DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE COACH SAID TO DO AT THE START OF THE INNING.

THAT THING IS ROLLING OUT TO THE FENCE WITH THE RBI DOUBLE.

THE FRESHMAN COMES THROUGH WITH AN RBI DOUBLE.

THE FIRST RUN IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH MADDIE OCHS STEPPING IN.

SHE HAD A THREE RUN HOME RUN YESTERDAY.

TAKING THAT ONE LOW IN THE STRIKE ZONE.

THEY CALL TIMEOUT AND THERE IS THE SITUATION SECOND AND THIRD WITH POLLICK AT SECOND.

THERE IS THE PITCH RIGHT AT THE KNEES IN FOR A STRIKE.

VERY OPPOSITE APPROACHES MERKEL HAS STAYED DOWN AT CENTENNIAL'S KNEES TRYING TO GET THEM TO HIT INTO GROUND BALLS.

THIS ONE GETS I ON THE LEGS AND THIS ONE IS 2-1.

SOPHOMORE IN THE CIRCLE AND SOPHOMORE BEHIND THE PLATE.

CASEY KANE DELIVERS THE SIGNAL AND THAT ONE IS CHOPPED FOUL AND OUT OF PLAY.

TWO BALLS AND TWO STRIKES.

OTT HITTING 396 ON THE SEASON WITH FIVE HOME RUNS.

33 RUNS BATTED IN.

SLAPS THIS ONE TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND IT WILL SCORE 2 FOR MADDIE OTT SET A BLISTERING SHOT OFF THE SIDE TO THE SECOND BASEMAN REAGAN HASSLE.

THAT WILL GO DOWN AS A HIT AND TWO RUNS WILL SCORE.

>> THAT IS A TOUGH PLAY MOVING UP THE MIDDLE MADDIE OTT DOING THE PERFECT JOB WITH A LOW PITCH GOING TO THE RIGHT SIDE HARD ON THE GROUND.

ASSISTANT COACH ALEXIA LAURA'S HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE INFIELD.

THREE RUNS FOR ANTHONY CENTENNIAL ON THE FIRST.

JUST ONE DOWN AND YOU CAN REALLY SETTLE THOSE NERVES.

PLEASANT VALLEY ASSISTANT COACH ALEXIA LAURA AND CURRENT PLAYER AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY.

I REALLY NEEDS DYNAMIC WITH THIS FATHER DAUGHTER DUO.

>> HE SAID IT HAS BEEN AWESOME HAVING A DAUGHTER ON THE STAFF.

HE SAID IT SHE KEEPS HIM CALM COOL AND COLLECTED.

THAT WHEN SHE WAS A PLAYER SHE COULD DRIVE HIM CRAZY.

DIFFERENT DYNAMIC.

HIS FACE LIT UP ABOUT HOW MUCH FUN HE IS HAVING COACHING WITH HIS DAUGHTER.

MARIA BELZER IS THE BATTER AND THE SENIOR SHORTSTOP TO ROGERS STATE.

THEY PICKS UP BALL ONE.

TWO RUNS KNOCKED IN BY MADDIE OTT WHO STANDS AT FIRST TO GIVE ANTHONY CENTENNIAL A 3 - ZERO LEAD.

THAT ONE READS STRIKE ONE FOR THREE WITH AN RBI DOUBLE AND THAT WAS PART OF THE EIGHT RUN FIFTH INNING FOR CENTENNIAL.

CHOPPED FOUL PAST COACH DELANEY.

DOING A GOOD JOB STAYING ON TOP OF IT WAITING FOR THE NEXT BEST PITCH.

RIPPED TO CENTER FIELD OVER THE HEAD OF ASHLEY HINSON.

COMING AROUND WITH THE RED LIGHT.

ROUNDING THIRD AND THAT IS A DOUBLE FROM ARAIZA BELZER.

YOU TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT BEST PITCH AND IT REALLY GOES ABOUT WAIST HIGH ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING THE BALL TO CENTER FIELD.

THOSE LINE DRIVES COME RIGHT AT YOU.

SOME OF THE TOUGHEST FLYBALLS TO JUDGE.

PITCHING CHANGE COMING FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.

CAITLIN KIEFER IS THE SENIOR GETS RID OF THE GLOVE AND GOES FOR HER REGULAR FIELDING GLOVE.

JUST OVER 12 INNINGS PITCHED ON THIS SEASON WITH AN E.R.A.

OF 568.

ONLY FOUR STRIKEOUTS ON 21 HITS.

RIGHT NOW CENTENNIAL IS JUST SQUARING THIS ONE UP WITH EVERY HIT THAT WE HAVE SEEN THUS FAR HAVING BEEN A HARD HIT BALL.

IT STARTED WITH McKENZIE JAMES IS A LEADOFF BATTER WITH A SINGLE PUTTING DOWN A SACRIFICE BUNT AND JORDAN KENNEDY HAD THE DOUBLE TO RIGHT CENTER.

TO RBI SINGLES WITH REAGAN HASKELL AND BELZER HAD A DOUBLE.

BOIL HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE.

DIGGING INTO THE BATTER'S BOX FOR ANTHONY CENTENNIAL.

THE JUNIOR IS THE SECOND BASEMAN.

MADDIE OTT TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE JAM.

THE THROW IS THERE AT THE END OF THE DAY CENTENNIAL IS HEADING THIS UP.

THAT HITS ADDIE STARR.

THEY STEP UP HERE IN THE FIRST INNING WITH A NICE BATTER WITH ANTHONY CENTENNIAL.

DRIVING IN A RUN THE THROW COMES HOME AND IT IS NOT IN TIME.

SAFE AT SECOND IS GUSTER'S IN.

AND THERE IS ANTHONY CENTENNIAL WITH FIVE RUNS HERE IN THE FIRST.

REALLY ATTACKING THAT FIRST PITCH AND DRIVING IT BACK UP THE MIDDLE THEY NOW WHAT A START TO THIS GAME.

THERE IS THE COURTESY RUNNER FOR ANTHONY SENATOR TERRELL.

THERE GOES WITH THE SEMI FINAL VICTORY AFTER POLK GOING SCORELESS AFTER THE FIFTH.

FIND A WAY TO GET THIS ONE OUT WITH A SOLID DRIVE INTO CENTER FIELD.

ONE RUN IS IN AND THE THROW COMES HOME.

SNEAKING INTO SECOND THERE IS YOUR RBI SINGLE.

VALLEJO STOPS AT THIRD BASE THERE ARE SIX RUNS IN THE FIRST.

THERE IS PATENT DRAFT KEY.

BACK TO BACK STRIKES TO START WITH DRAFT KEY.

THEY MOVED JAMES FROM 1st TO 2nd AFTER THE LEADOFF SINGLE.

WITH TWO AWAY THEY HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT APPROACH.

JUST HOPING THE TEAM CAN GET ONE RUN IN THAT FIRST INNING.

RUNNERS AT SECOND AND THIRD AND YOU CAN JUST SEE WHAT THEY CAN ADD TO THIS.

OUTSIDE WITH A NICE SLIDE BLOCKED BY CASEY KANE.

LOOKING TO KEEP THEM AT THIRD.

JAMES IS AT SECOND BASE.

GOOD SPOTS WITH CAITLIN KIEFER TRYING TO GET THEM TO CHASE.

BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO ATTACK.

AND THAT GETS THEM TO POP UP TOWARD LEFT FIELD.

HOW ABOUT SIX RUNS BY ANTHONY CENTENNIAL IN THE FIRST INNING?

THEY JUMP OUT TO QUITE THE EARLY LEAD.

LET'S GO.

RIGHT HERE.

THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE TO PUNCH AND KNOWING THAT THIS IS NOT OVER.

MUSCATINE DEFEATED ANKENY BOTH OF THESE IN THE TOURNAMENT HAVE PROVED THEY ARE CAPABLE OF YOU JENNINGS.

PLEASANT VALLEY IS BY NO MEANS THAT THEY HAVE THAT HERE.

YOU JUST HAVE TO NOT GET THIS YEAR.

YOU START CHIPPING AWAY WITH >> THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A SIX RUN HOME RUN AND SOFTBALL.

IT'S ONE BASE HIT AT A TIME.

YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP CHIPPING AWAY AT IT.

AND THEY WILL MANAGE TO SCORE SOME RUNS.

>> PLEASANT VALLEY LEADS OFF THE SECOND INNING WITH ADDISON ODA THE SOPHOMORE RIGHT FIELDER.

THEY CAME THROUGH TODAY SCORING A RUN IN THE SEMI FINALS BUT IN THE QUARTERFINAL ROUND GAME WAS THREE FOR FOUR WITH A RUN SCORED AND A STOLEN BASE.

>> THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR PLEASANT VALLEY TO SEE THOSE PICTURES AND NOT ATTACK ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES YOU TO CHASE.

>> BELZER GETS THE THROW ACROSS THE DIAMOND AND THERE IS ONE AWAY.

BELZER OUTSTANDING IS A DEFENSIVE PLAYER.

IN A GREAT STRETCH BY JORDAN KENNEDY AT FIRST.

THE SENIOR COMING IN AT SHORTSTOP DIRECTING THE INFIELD AS CAITLIN KIEFER LOOKS AT THE FIRST PITCH.

THERE IS THE 2-0 COUNT.

THAT ONE CATCHES THE CORNER.

WHEN YOU ARE DOWN ALLEY AS A HITTER ARE YOU MORE PATIENT OR LESS PATIENT AT THE PLATE?

>> IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE HITTER I WOULD LIKE THEM TO REMAIN PATIENT AND STAY CALM NOT TRYING TO GET THEMSELVES IN STICKY SITUATIONS.

BUT HONESTLY THIS IS A GREAT AT- BAT AHEAD IN THE COUNT IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU CAN PUT A BIG SWING ON IT.

THIS ONE GOES UP TO LOVE FIELD WITH THE SHORTSTOP SHOWING QUITE THE RANGE.

AND THAT ONE TAKES IT TWO AWAY.

MARY PAGE WEATHERS TAKES IT TO THE PLATE FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.

WEATHERS TWO FOR FOUR YESTERDAY WITH FOUR RUNS BATTED IN.

ALL ON ONE SWING OF THE BAT.

FOUR RBIs PART OF A SIX RUN SIXTH INNING.

AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE PLAYERS WHO CAN DO IT ALL.

YOU TRY TO GET ON WITH THAT BASE HIT AND YOU LOVE IT WHEN THEY HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS.

RIGHT HERE PLEASANT VALLEY JUST IS TRYING TO EXTEND THEIR INNING.

THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS GO THREE UP AND THREE DOWN.

SO THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND ANYWAY ON BASE.

2-1.

AND THERE IS MARY PAGE WEATHERS.

JUNIOR CHOPPING ONE FOUL.

2-2 IS THE COUNT.

SENIORS STARTED THE GAME WITH QUITE A STRIKEOUT.

THAT ONE IS DRILLED AND DRIFTING FOUL.

HOME RUN DISTANCE FOR SURE BY WITHERS.

THAT BALL WAS ABSOLUTELY CRUSHED.

SOMETIMES I THINK YOU SHOULD GET AN EXTRA RUN FOR JUST HOW FAR YOU HIT IT.

>> PUT A RUNNER ON FIRST BECAUSE IT WAS HIT SO HARD?

THAT EXIT VELOCITY I LIKE IT.

SOMETHING FOR THE RULES THREE BALLS AND TWO STRIKES.

THIS ONE IS MISSED TO THE OUTSIDE.

AND I DON'T BLAME HER AFTER THAT LAST FOUL BALL.

>> SHE WON'T BE GOING INSIDE AGAIN.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT MUCH.

THAT ONE IS FELLED AWAY ON THE CHECK SWING.

EIGHT PITCH OF THIS AT-BAT COMING UP.

GUSTER SEND TO WITHERS WITH TWO DOWN IN THE SECOND INNING.

THIS ONE POPS UP AND UNDERNEATH TO MORRIS.

CITY MORRIS MAKES THE CATCH THE PLEASANT VALLEY TAKES THREE UP AND THREE DOWN IN THE SECOND INNING.

WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE IOWA GIRL THAT DID A LOT FOR ALL OF THESE I WERE GIRLS.

>> THAT WILL PUT LISA BRICKMAN ON THE FREE-THROW LINE.

SHE AVERAGES 41 POINTS EVERY GAME.

>> IOWA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC UNION LISA BRINK MEYER LOST HER BATTLE WITH BRAIN CANCER IN JUNE.

A BATTLE THAT SHE HAD BEEN FIGHTING FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR.

IN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE GRADUATE EXCELLED IN VOLLEYBALL GOLF AND SOFTBALL.

BUT IT WAS BASKETBALL WHERE SHE IS REMEMBERED MOST FOR WINNING THE FINAL SIX ON SIX STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1993.

LISA KNEW FIRSTHAND WHAT IT MEANT TO BE AN IOWA GIRL.

YOU STILL KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN ATHLETICS.

AS I GREW OLDER AND MADE IT TO STATES, I REALIZED IS SO MUCH MORE OF WHAT THE IOWA GIRL WAS.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES IN MY LIFE THAT I FELT LIKE A PRINCESS AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE ATHLETIC UNION DOES THAT.

THEY PUT THE IOWA GIRL ON THE PEDESTAL AND I THOUGHT I REMEMBERED HOW UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT WAS UNTIL I WENT TO COLLEGE AND PLAYED BASKETBALL WITH A LOT OF PLAYERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.

AND I WOULD TALK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY.

BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T TREATED THE SAME WAY.

IT WAS ALWAYS GREAT TO MAKE IT TO STATE NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO BUT THEY WERE DIFFERENT.

THEY WEREN'T CELEBRITIES BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY HAD DONE.

IN IOWA, AND I WILL GIRL STANDS OUT AND THEY MADE SURE OF THAT.

>> BRINK AS SHE WAS NO WENT ON TO PLAY AND COACH AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY AND EVENTUALLY LANDED HER POSITION AT THE IG H SU.

HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO GIRL SPORTS IN IOWA ON AND OFF THE COURT IS WHAT MADE HER THE EMBODIMENT OF THE IOWA GIRL.

>> WE ALL SALUTE AND THANK LISA FOR HER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC UNION AND ALL OF THESE IOWA GIRLS.

THE WOMEN THAT CAME BEFORE THESE LADIES WHO ARE PLAYING OUT ON THIS FIELD IT DOESN'T HAPPEN LIKE IT DOES WITHOUT SO MANY WOMEN BEFORE THEM.

>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF PLAYING IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT WAS HEARING THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE ME.

I WAS ALSO LUCKY ENOUGH TO PLAY FOR ANY FARMER WHO WOULD DONE THIS WITH HER TEAM YEARS BEFORE I DID IT AT ALL.

SO IT WAS JUST AN EXPERIENCE AND WATCHING THESE TRIBUTE STORIES IT IS SO AMAZING.

SHE DID SO MUCH FOR THE ATHLETIC UNION.

>> INVALUABLE UNIT FOR THIS STAFF AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE EXECUTIVE STAFF RAN THE SHOW AT SO MANY STATE TOURNAMENTS.

WE WOULD ALL BE SO PROUD OF THE PERFORMANCE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE ALL WEEK LONG HERE.

FROM ALL OF THESE LADIES STEPPING IN NOW WITH THE LEADOFF WALK FROM CITY MORE COURTESY RUNNING WITH JORDAN KENNEDY.

RBI DOUBLE D TO CENTER FIELD AND THAT ONE IS GONE.

A BOMB FOR JORDAN KENNEDY.

HOW ABOUT DOING IT FOR THE ONES BEFORE YOU?

SHE BLASTED THAT ONE DEAD CENTER.

SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

CENTENNIAL BRINGING OUT DINGER DD AND SIDNEY MORRIS THAT HAS BEEN THE TEAM MASCOT ALL YEAR WHEN THE HOMERUNS COME SO DID DINGER.

>> THAT WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT IN A HURRY.

>> TALKING WITH CENTENNIAL PLAYERS AND COACHES YESTERDAY IT WAS FUN TO HEAR ABOUT THE TRADITIONS THEY HAVE GOING THIS YEAR.

THEY TALK ABOUT THE HORSES IN THE DUGOUT AND THE COWBOY HATS.

THEY HAVE A STUFFED LLAMA THAT THEY CALL NUKE NELLY.

IT'S ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT MAKE THE SEASON SO MUCH FUN FOR THESE PLAYERS.

>> IT IS LIKE A BONUS MEMBER.

>> SHE HAD HER OWN BANNER FOR SENIOR NIGHT.

IT TRULY WAS A BIG DEAL.

ON EVERY ROAD TRIP TAKING CARE OF BY SYDNEY AND LAUREN.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE NEXT GENERATION CREATING THEIR OWN SPOTLIGHT AND PERSONAL TEAM MASCOTS.

GROUND OUT FROM MONT.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU LETTING HER DD RETIRE.

THEY MIGHT JUST HAVE TO KEEP DINGER AND MILLER.

>> JORDAN KENNEDY MIGHT JUST HAVE TO MAKE A SPECIAL REQUEST.

HOT ON THAT GROUND OUT AND NOW RYAN BELZER STEPS IN.

A DOUBLE IN THE FIRST BELZER IS TYPICALLY PLAYER KNOWN FOR DEFENSIVE STATUS ON THIS TEAM WITH AN OUTSTANDING HIT TO START THE GAME.

THERE IS THE HOME RUN BALL A TWO RUN HOME RUN BOMB BRINGING A SLICE OF WHAT YOU SEE IN THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES TO FORT DODGE.

THE HOME RUN BALL DELIVERED TO THE PARENTS WITH A NICE PLAY AT SHORT BY JESSE CLEMENS.

SHOWING SPEED AND A LOT ON THE ARM.

THAT BRINGS UP LAURA BOYLE WHO WILL COME TO THE PLATE WITH NO ONE ON AND TWO AWAY.

GROUNDED INTO A FIELDERS CHOICE BUT LATER SCORE IN THE FIRST.

ANTHONY CENTENNIAL HAD SIX RUNS IN THE FIRST AND ADDING TWO IN THE SECOND.

THEY LOOK COMING IN AS THE JUNIOR GOING ONE FOR THREE IN THE SEMI FINAL AGAINST SOUTHEAST.

IT ENDED AFTER THE FIFTH INNING WHEN CENTENNIAL HAD TWO OUTS IN THE FIRST TWO BATTERS WERE RETIRED SCORING EIGHT RUNS AND A NICE PLAY AT THIRD THAT WILL END THE INNING.

A BOMB FROM JORDAN KENNEDY ADDING TWO MORE FROM ANTHONY CENTENNIAL.

LET'S LISTEN IN TO THE SPARTANS HUDDLE.

SO MANY MOMENTS.

WE HAD TO PICK UP ON THOSE TENDENCIES AND YOU ARE REACTING.

WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS ONE?

IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO COMMIT THE EXTENSION HOLD THE OTHER WAY.

GET ON THE BACK OF THE BOX TOES PUNCH THROUGH AN BATTLE BACK.

>> HOSEA LAURA AND THE PLEASANT VALLEY TEAM MOTTO WHICH IS A PURPOSE.

THEY ALWAYS ASK THEMSELVES WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE WITH THE DRILL AND THE PRACTICE?

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE IN THE AT- BAT AND THAT IS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

HOW DO WE CARRY OURSELVES?

ONCE AGAIN WE ARE HEARING GET THAT EXTENSION POINT OUT TO WRITE CENTER FIELD GET YOURSELF THROUGH A BALL AND THROUGH THE TEAM.

TALKING YESTERDAY THE TEAM MOTTO WAS PURPOSE.

EVERY YEAR THE TEAM MOTTO HAS US IN IT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THEM AS A TEAM AND WHAT THEY CAN DO TOGETHER.

>> THE FANS HAVE SHIRTS ON THAT SAY PURPOSE AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE IT BROKEN INTO TWO DIFFERENT LINES WITH YOU AND S OF PURPOSE.

DIFFERENT COLORATIONS TO MAKE US THERE IS THE SLAP TOWARD RIGHT FIELD WITH A BASE HIT.

SARAH RICKMAN GETS IT STARTED IN THE THIRD FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.

AND THEY ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY SHOULD ON THIS ONE.

WHAT COACH JOSÉÉ LAURA WANTED.

PINCH RUNNER COMING IN FOR RIGDON.

THAT IS CAMI WOOD.

CAMI WOOD THE FRESHMAN OUTFIELDER WITH FIVE STOLEN BASES.

AND RIGDON GETS THIS STARTED.

ASHLEY HANSEN STEPS IN.

A SPEEDY CENTERFIELDER WHO SLAPS IT TO THE LEFT SIDE.

FIRST TWO RUNNERS IN THE THIRD ARE ON BASE FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.

HANSEN SHOWING A DIFFERENT APPROACH ATTACKING THE FIRST PITCH OFF OF LAUREN KESTERSON.

PERFECT HIT BY THE SLAPPER INTO LEFT FIELD.

RIGHT PAST STAR AND BELZER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE INFIELD.

THE TOP OF THE ORDER COMES TO THE PLATE.

JESSE CLEMENS STRUCK OUT BACK IN THE FIRST AND COMES TO THE PLATE IN THE THIRD LOOKING AT A PITCH OVER THE HEART OF THE PLATE FROM KESTERSON.

RBI ABILITY OF JESSE CLEMENS AS THE JUNIOR WHO PLAYED SOFTBALL AT IOWA STATE AFTER HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER.

SHE LOVES TO SET THE TONE AS A CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM THEY ALSO PLAY TRACK AND FIELD AND CLEMENS RIGHT NOW LOOKING TO PUT THIS ONE IN PLAY WITH A COLLISION AND A GROUNDER TO THE LEFT SIDE.

AND BELZER WILL GET TACKLED ON THIS ONE.

INTERFERENCE CALLED ON THE RUNNER.

AS A BASERUNNER YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO STOP OR AVOID CONTACT THEY CAN KILL ANY MOMENTUM YOU HAVE GOING INTO THE NEXT INNING.

SLOW HIT GROUND BALL AND THEY MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THIS WHEN IT FIRST.

AS A BASERUNNER YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO AVOID CONTACT.

>> THE THIRD BASEMAN REALLY ATTACKED THE BALL AND SHE ALMOST HAD A CHANCE TO CUT THIS ONE OFF.

NOBODY WAS COVERING THIRD BASE IF YOU CAN AVOID THE BODIES.

AND THAT DOES HAPPEN REALLY FAST.

YOU'VE GOTTEN OUT THERE BEFORE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE HALF A STEP TO MAKE THE DECISION.

THE GAME JUST HAPPENS IT IS FAST-PACED AND YOU HAVE TO BE READY FOR THOSE SITUATIONS.

YOU HAVE TO THINK IN YOUR HEAD BEFORE THE PLAY HAPPENS THAT IF YOU SEE THE BALL IN FRONT OF YOU ARE YOU GOING BEHIND OR STOPPING BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO?

POP FLY AND IT WILL BE IN INFIELD FLY OUT.

THE CATCH IS MADE BY BOYLE.

AND THAT RINGS TWO AWAY.

THE PLATE.

THE FIRST HIT OF THE GAME FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.

A SINGLE INTO CENTER FIELD ON THE GROUND.

TWO RUNNERS ON BOARD AND NOW TWO AWAY FOR PLEASANT VALLEY TO TRY TO PUT THAT FIRST RUN OF THE GAME UP ON THE BOARD.

THE PITCH IS HIT HARD BUT IT IS FOULED.

IT GOES BEYOND THE FENCE AND DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD LINE.

FANS CHASING AFTER THOSE FOUL BALLS.

JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT PLEASANT VALLEY COULD'VE HAD MOMENTUM GOING IN THIS INNING IF YOU HAVE EIGHT OR NINE HITTERS COMING ON TOP OF THE ORDER WITH NO ONE OUT THIS GAME IS ALL ABOUT MOMENTUM AND WE FELT A COMPLETE SHIFT BACK TO CENTENNIAL.

KANE DRILLS THIS ONE TO LEFT FIELD.

RIGHT AT MATTIE OTT WHO MAKES THE CATCH.

AND ANTHONY CENTENNIAL MANAGES TO AVOID THE JAM WITH THE FIRST TWO BASERUNNERS ON FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.

LET'S LISTEN IN NOW FOR ANTHONY CENTENNIAL.

>> STAY FOCUSED AT THE PLATE.

DON'T TRY TO DO TOO MUCH WITH IT.

WE CAN EXTEND THE LEAD RIGHT HERE.

>> HE SAID DON'T TRY TO DO TOO MUCH.

AND THAT IS A GREAT MESSAGE TO THE TEAM.

KEEP IT SIMPLE.

ANTHONY CENTENNIAL WITH 8-0 ON THE LEAD.

NOW JOINED BY JOSÉÉ LAR THE OFFENSE HAD A GREAT START IN THE THIRD INNING.

WHAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE GIRLS AT THE PLATE IN THAT INNING?

TO COME OUT HERE AND EXECUTE.

I THINK WE ARE GETTING ON WELL BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME MORE QUALITY AT-BATS.

>> DO YOU LIKE HOW YOUR DEFENSE SETTLE DOWN IN THE SECOND?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

BUT WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE IN THE SECOND AS WELL.

WE LEAVE IT OPEN AND YOU CAN DO THAT AGAINST A GOOD HITTING TEAM.

PLEASANT VALLEY HEAD COACH WITH HIS SEVENTH SEASON AS A HEAD COACH.

NINTH CAREER SEASON WITH HIS 200th VICTORY AS A PLEASANT VALLEY HEAD COACH THIS YEAR AND HIS SIXTH TRIP TO STATE UNDERNEATH HIS DIRECTION NOW.

HE HAS BEEN HERE AND HE KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN EVERYTHING.

RIGHT NOW HE IS CURRENTLY DOWN TO NUMBER ONE TEAM ANTHONY CENTENNIAL.

INTERESTING SHOT HERE HOW ABOUT WE GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE IOWA GIRLS ATHLETIC UNION WEEK ONE RANKINGS BEFORE ANY GAMES WERE PLAYED AT ANTHONY CENTENNIAL WAS PRESEASON NUMBER SIX AND BOTH WERE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE HUNT.

WE SAW CENTENNIAL COME UP WITH MANY BIG VICTORIES THIS SEASON.

THEY FIND THEMSELVES AT THE TOP OF THE STANDINGS.

>> EVERYBODY KNEW THE TALENT THEY HAD WITH THE UPPERCLASSMAN.

COACH DELANEY MENTIONED YESTERDAY IN EIGHTH GRADE THEY WENT UNDEFEATED.

>> ADDY STARS THROUGH THE GLOVE OF CROWLEY.

AND THE JAGUARS ONCE AGAIN HAD THE LEADOFF RUNNER ON BOARD.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT SENIOR CLASS THAT HAD THAT TALENTS AND I THINK WHAT WAS UNEXPECTED FOR CENTENNIAL WAS THE YOUNG TALENT THAT WENT ALONG WITH IT.

WHEN YOU GET A GOOD COMBINATION OR A GOOD CULTURE WITHIN A PROGRAM GREAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

BIG IMPACT PLAYERS AS FRESHMEN FOR CENTENNIAL WITH JORDAN KENNEDY AND MATTIE OTT.

LAUREN KESTERSON THE NINTH HITTER WITH ADDIE STARR AT FIRST THAT HIT DID NOT GET MARKED AS AN ERROR ON AVA CROWLEY SAID THEY DID REACH SAFELY.

FIRST ERROR OF THE GAME WITH A SWING AND A WEIRD SHOP AND SWIM A BIT OF A STOP IN PLAY BYRD ALL OVER IT.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT THAT WOULD COME OFF THE BAT.

REALLY FUNKY AND PHYSICS WOULD TELL YOU TO SPIN THAT ONE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO COME OFF THE DIRT.

THE COUNT IS LOOKING AT A TWO RBI SINGLE FOR THEIR FIRST AT- BAT.

CLEMENS FLIPS THIS TO HASSLE AND THERE IS ONE AWAY.

A GREAT DEFENSE HERE.

STAYING LOW AND MAKING THAT FLIP OVER TO SECOND.

QUITE A BENEFIT THEY DID NOT HIT THIS ONE TOO HARD.

COURTESY RUNNER MAY LYNN ALEJO AT FIRST.

SHE RAN FOR KESTERSON IN THE FIRST INNING AS WELL.

THAT BRINGS US TO MacKENZIE AT THE TOP OF THE ORDER.

ONLY IN THE THIRD INNING AND JAMES IS LOOKING TO BE THREE FOR THREE ON THIS GAME SO FAR.

A SINGLE IN THE FIRST AND AN RBI SINGLE LATER ROCKETED TO LEFT FIELD AND WITHERS HAD TO BACKPEDAL.

JAMES MANAGES TO COME IN THREE FOR THREE IN THE THIRD.

MacKENZIE JAMES JUST SEEING THE BALL WELL WITH THREE SINGLES ALL TO OUTFIELD REALLY HITTING THAT LEFT SIDE.

PATENT DRAFTY DIGS IN WITH ONE AWAY AND TWO RUNNERS ARE ON BOARD.

JAMES AT FIRST AND FOR ALEJO AT SECOND.

THEY ARE TRYING TO HIT THOSE THOUGHTS AND GET OUT.

DESKEY POPS THIS ONE UP LONG RUN FOR CLEMENS WITH AN INFIELD FLY CALLED.

THAT ONE IS SECURED BY CLEMENS REGARDLESS.

SYDNEY MORRIS TO THE PLATE AND THEY REALLY GET THIS ONE FOR PLEASANT VALLEY AND A STEADY FORCE ON DEFENSE.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED.

A PAIR OF WALKS WITH A POP FLY DEEP LEFT FIELD.

IT SETTLES UNDERNEATH TO MAKE THE CATCH.

PLEASANT VALLEY GOES UNSCATHED IN THE THIRD INNING.

AND WE DO GO INTO THE FOURTH 8- 0 FOR ANTHONY CENTENNIAL LEADING PLEASANT VALLEY SPARTANS.

HEAD COACH BRUTALLY GOING BACK TO THAT FIRST INNING WITH SIX RUNS ON SIX HITS.

IT'S HARD TO START A GAME BETTER THAN THAT?

>> THEY REALLY CAME READY TO HIT.

AND IT'S GREAT TO WATCH THEM SWING.

>> EIGHT RUNS OUT OF THE FIRST TWO WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

>> WE KNEW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HIT TODAY.

GOING RIGHT CENTER WITH THE BALL AND LETTING IT GET DEEP.

WE ARE ANXIOUS SO WE HAVE TO SIT BACK AND MAKE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO GET A FEW MORE RUNS.

>> GOOD LUCK THE REST OF THE WAY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> 13th YEAR OF COACHING AND THAT IS HIS FIFTH SEASON WITH CENTENNIAL.

THEY COME IN WITH A 14-2 CHAMPIONSHIP.

HE WANTED TO BE A HEAD COACH AND APPLIED US AHEAD SOFTBALL COACH POSITION THREE SEPARATE TIMES.

THE THIRD TIME WAS THE CHARM AND NOW HE IS IN THAT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

HE HAS BUILT HIMSELF QUITE THE COACHING STAFF TO GO ALONG WITH IT.

YOU HAVE DAVE SCHON WHO IS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING HE IS THE VETERAN ON THE STAFF YOU COULD SAY WITH A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THESE GIRLS RACHEL WHITESIDE THE ASSISTANT COACH WHO HAS RUN THE OFF-SEASON PROGRAMMING FOR THE KIDS BEFORE BECOMING THE ASSISTANT COACH THIS YEAR.

A GREAT CULTURE WITHIN THIS PROGRAM AND IT HAS BEEN QUITE EXCITING TO WATCH.

>> THE EIGHTH GRADE COACH THIS YEAR WITH THE SENIORS WENT UNDEFEATED IN EIGHTH GRADE BALL.

IT REALLY SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS THROUGH THAT HIGH SCHOOL SEASON.

FOUL BALL GETS ROLLED IN AND THERE IS A QUICK PAUSE IN THE ACTION.

THAT IS A BALL IN THE BULLPEN NOT SURE WHERE THAT ONE CAME FROM LEFT FIELD LINE A LOT OF WARM SPACE.

MERKEL HAD THE GROUNDOUT TO THIRD IN HER FIRST AT-BAT.

MERKEL AND THEN ODA FOLLOWED BY KIEFER AND THAT WILL START THE FOURTH FOR CENTENNIAL.

THAT ONE IS SNAGGED RIGHT OUT OF THE AIR BY KESTERSON.

KESTERSON DOING A GREAT JOB HITTING THE OUTSIDE CORNER AND GETTING THEM REACHING ON THIS.

THAT ONE TAKES IT OUT IN FRONT TO MAKE MAJOR CONTACT.

SOMETIMES IT CAN BE QUITE A CHALLENGE TO GET INTO GOOD DEFENSIVE STANCES AND THERE IS A POP FLY TO THE RIGHT SIDE.

DRAFT KEY MAKES THE CATCH AND THERE IS THE ATTACKER EARLY ON IN THE COUNT.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN TOO MANY HITTERS GOING WITH THAT APPROACH YET GETTING UNDERNEATH THE BALL.

KATELYN KIEFER THEY ARE BACK IN THE SECOND INNING.

TWO OUTS HERE IN THE FOURTH.

>> THEY ARE CONTINUING TO WORK INTO THIS ZONE AND THEY WORK FAST.

SOMETIMES JUST TAKING A DEEP AND RESETTING.

ALAN CATCHES THE CORNER.

2-1 ON KIEFER.

KIEFER WILL COMPLETE COMPETE COLLEGIATELY FOR BOWLING.

THE COUNT ADDS 2-2.

HAD A RUN AND WENT TO FOR THREE IN THE QUARTERFINAL ROUND WITH AN RBI AND A SACRIFICE BUNT.

REALLY DRILLING THIS WITH THE CENTER FIELD.

A DUTY THAT IS MacKENZIE JAMES THE SENIOR.

THREE UP AND THREE DOWN FOR PLEASANT VALLEY'S OFFENSE.

ANTHONY CENTENNIAL HAS A LEAD GOING TO THE PLATE NOW WITH FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.

LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT THE JAGUARS HAVE TO SAY.

>> MIDDLE, MIDDLEWARE NOT TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH WITH IT.

DON'T TAKE IT OFF RIGHT NOW.

HERE WE GO.

SOUNDS LIKE A PITCHING CHANGE COMING UP TO START THE NEXT INNING.

BUT THAT OFFENSE OF GAME PLAN CONTINUES TO BE AGGRESSIVE.

>> AND I LOVE THAT APPROACH.

LET'S GET BACK TO BASICS AND FIND THE MIDDLE OF THE BALL DRIVING THROUGH IT.

YOU WANTED TO DRIVE IT OUT TO WRITE CENTER FIELD.

>> SPEAKING OF PITCHING, KATELYN KIEFER WARMS UP.

TAKE A LOOK AT PLEASANT VALLEY.

A LOT OF SLOW-MOTION AT A BEAUTIFUL IOWA DAY.

LOTS OF SLOW MOTION MAKES THE CAMERAS HAPPY BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF MOVEMENT FOR KATELYN AND KIEFER.

ARM SPEED AND WRIST ACTION.

TAKE IT FROM THERE.

>> SHE HAS DONE A NICE JOB.

SHE DOESN'T DO TOO MUCH IN THE CIRCLE SHE HAD SPOTS WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT AND SHE HAS BEEN GETTING THEM TO GET INTO WEAKER CONTACT.

AND THAT'S REALLY ALL YOU CAN ASK OF THEM.

GET THAT WEEK CONTACT FOR YOUR DEFENDERS.

>> WE DO BEGIN THE FOURTH INNING WITH A POWER PORTION OF THE LINEUP FOR ANTHONY CENTENNIAL.

JORDAN KENNEDY THE LAST AT-BAT WITH A TWO RUN HOME RUN IN THE SECOND INNING AND THAT ONE IS ABOUT TWO FEET OFF THE PLATE AS KASEY KANE SET UP PRETTY MUCH SQUARELY IN THE LEFT-HANDERS BETTER BOX.

FINGERS AND SENDING THIS TO FIRST BASE.

HE WILL HAVE THEM THROW THIS AND SEE IF THEY CAN GET JORDAN KENNEDY TO MAKE A MISTAKE AND CHASE SOMETHING.

THREE BALLS AND NO STRIKES.

YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING THEM PITCH LIKE THIS TO YOU BUT YOU HAVE TO STAY READY EVERY PITCH?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

GET THE TOES ON THE BATTER'S BOX AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT GETS REMOTELY CLOSE ENOUGH TO DRIVE IT THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

JORDAN KENNEDY PROBABLY DID THE SMART THING AND TOOK THE WALK FOR HER TEAM BUT AS A HITTER, YOU REALLY JUST WANT TO SWING THE BAT.

>> TWO-TIME HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

FIRST-TEAM ALL BIG 12 IN THE JUNIOR SEASON AT IOWA STATE.

BIG 12 SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR.

AS A SENIOR WHICH IS IMPRESSIVE.

IT IS A JOY HAVING YOU WITH THIS ALLEY.

>> IT IS OF COURSE GREAT TO BE HERE.

ANTIOCH SHOWED SOME POWER HERE WITH A THREE RUN HOME RUN IN THE FIRST INNING.

SHE IS ONE FOR TWO WITH A TWO RBI SINGLE IN THE FIRST AND A GROUNDOUT IN THE SECOND.

SLAPPED INTO RIGHT FIELD AND KENNEDY IS GOING TO TRY FOR THIRD.

SHE WILL GET IN THERE SAFELY THOUGH AS SHE GETS THE SECOND BASE HIT OF THE GAME.

IN THE FIRST TWO RUNNERS ARE ON BOARD HERE IN THE FOURTH.

LET'S NOT TRY TO DO TOO MUCH WITH IT.

A HOT BAT SEVEN FOR THE LAST SEVEN.

AT FIRST KENNEDY AT THIRD AND MARIAH BELZER ONE FOR TWO WITH A DOUBLE TO THE CENTER FIELD IN HER FIRST AT-BAT SCORING A RUN IN THE FIRST.

NO ONE OUT HERE IN THE FOURTH.

NICE STOP BY KANE BEHIND THE PLATE.

>> HE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING START KEEPING IT IN FRONT OF HER DEALING WITH A LOT OF CENTENNIAL BASERUNNERS AND DOING AN AMAZING RUN NOT ALLOWING ANY EXTRA BASES.

HAMMERED TO LEFT FIELD AND BACK GOES WEATHERS.

A TWO I'M SORRY THREE RUN HOME RUN.

FOR MARIAH BELZER.

ANTHONY CENTENNIAL ONCE AGAIN GETTING THAT BIG INNING.

ALL OF IT COMING TOGETHER WITH THAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

WHAT A SHOT BY MY RIOT BELZER.

WITHERS GAVE THIS AN EFFORT CLEARING THE BENCH AND THE SENIOR WITH THE STICK.

11-0 NOW WITH ANTHONY CENTENNIAL GETTING THE LEAD HERE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FORCE.

PITCHING CHANGE FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.

I BELIEVE THIS IS GRACE GEORGE WHO IS A FRESHMAN WITH OVER 100 ENDINGS ON THIS SEASON.

WERE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT HERE.

>> I LOVE THAT MESSAGE BY COACH LAURA.

THIS IS ABOUT YOU.

GRACE GEORGE THE FRESHMAN LEADS THE TEAM IN STRIKEOUTS.

109 INNINGS PITCHED.

ALLOWING 89 TOTAL HITS.

56 WALKS 16-4 ON THE YEAR.

THERE IS THE HOME RUN BALL.

A GIFT FOR MOM.

WE HAVE TO SHUT THEM DOWN AND SCORE A FEW RUNS TO KEEP THIS ONE GOING BEYOND THE FIFTH.

YOUR APPROACH HAS TO BE CHIPPED AWAY.

RIGHT NOW IT IS MORE URGENT THAN IT WAS PREVIOUSLY.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN A SITUATION WITH NO OUTS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH.

WE MUST SHUT THIS DOWN AND GET THE BAT BACK IN YOUR HANDS.

THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE RUN RULE TITLE GAME IN 2015 WHERE THEY DEFEATED LOGAN MAGNOLIA AND THERE IS ANOTHER BASE HIT DOWN TO THE RIGHT FIELD CORNER ONE FOR THREE REACHING ON FIELDERS CHOICE BACK IN THE FIRST.

AND STILL THERE IS NO ONE OUT ADDING START TO THE PLATE.

COMING IN TO RUN FOR ANTHONY CENTENNIAL.

McKENNA OF ALEJO.

FIRST PITCH STRIKE.

THAT ONE GOES TO ADDIE STARK.

>> I LIKE WHAT I SEE FROM GRAY STORAGE.

THE FRESHMAN FROM PLEASANT VALLEY.

SHE IS THROWING WITH GOOD SPEED AND HAS A BIT OF AN UPWARD SPIN AND HAS A BIT MORE ON THE INSIDE FOR THESE ANTHONY CENTENNIAL HITTERS.

GEORGE IS THE FRESHMAN PRIMARILY USED IN A PITCHING CAPACITY.

A COUPLE OF OFFENSE OF WALKS AT THE PLATE AND SCORED A FEW RUNS.

MANAGES TO GET THE FLY OUT TO RIGHT FIELD.

CATCH MADE BY ADDISON ODA AND THERE IS ONE AWAY.

LAUREN KESTERSON IS LOOKING DOWN AT THIRD BASE SIDE WITH COACH DELANEY JOGGING OUT TO LEFT FIELD.

LOOKING TO SAY SOMETHING TO THE WONDERING IF THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THERE IS A GROUNDER FIELDED BY GEORGE TAKING THE THROAT TO THE FRESHMAN.

AND THEY MANAGED TO ADVANCE TO SECOND.

GRACE GEORGE GIVES A DIFFERENT LOOK TO CENTENNIAL LOOKING MORE UP AND IN FOR KESTERSON WITH A GREAT PITCH FOR THE FRESHMAN.

THAT WILL BRING US TO THE TOP OF THE ORDER WITH McKINSEY JAMES GETTING AN RBI AND A RUN SCORED.

FIRST PITCH STRIKE FROM GEORGE.

JAMES WILL PLAY SOFTBALL AT SIMPSON COLLEGE NEXT SEASON.

TWO FOR FOUR IN BOTH THE SEMI AND QUARTERFINALS.

TWO DOUBLES WITH A POP FLY TO WHAT A CAT.

MARY PAGE WITHERS.

OUTSTANDING PLAY GOING ALL OUT FOR THE TEAM.

THIRD OUT AND PLEASANT VALLEY WILL NOW COME TO THE PLATE.

WITHERS WILL LEAD IT OFF IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING.

I LOVE THAT CATCH.

IT GOES ALL OUT.

YOU ARE IN THAT FOUL TERRITORY.

IF YOU MISS IT WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE?

>> IF YOU ARE HOSEA LAURA IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAID ALL SEASON.

JUST KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

>> DO EVERYTHING WITH A PURPOSE AND WE WILL SEE THE EIGHTH- GRADER LAUREN SAN HOME COMING IN FOR CENTENNIAL.

PITCHING AND HOW THERE HAS BEEN ONLY ONE SWINGING STRIKE COMBINED FOR BOTH TEAMS.

ALL OTHER SWINGS FOUL OR PUT INTO PLAY AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT 24 SWINGS WITH ONLY ONE MISS.

THEY HAVE SWUNG THE BAT AND THEY JUST HAVE NOT MISSED THE BALL.

FOUL BALL BOOK CONTACT ON OVER SINGLE SWING ON THE BAT.

NOT EVEN STRIKE ONE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE OFFENSE AND THE ABILITIES OF BOTH OF THESE TEAMS YESTERDAY IN THE SEMI FINALS ABLE TO PUT UP MULTIPLE RUNS IN THAT SAME INNING.

THERE WAS AN EIGHTH RUN FIFTH INNING AND THEY START THIS GAME WITH SIX FOR THE FIRST PLEASANT VALLEY SCORED SIX IN THE SIXTH INCLUDING A GRAND SLAM BY MARY PAGE WITHERS.

CAN PLEASANT VALLEY PUT IN INNING TOGETHER HERE IN THE FIFTH WERE THEY CAN SCRATCH MULTIPLE RUNS ACROSS THE PLATE?

WITHERS GROUNDS OUT AND CASTLE MAKES THE THROW OVER THE FIRST WITH ONE AWAY.

SARAH RIGDON IS YOUR DESIGNATED PLAYER A SINGLE IN THE THIRD AND THEY ARE IN HERE DOING DUE DILIGENCE MAKING SURE SHE HAS THIS ONE BACK.

VERY SMART SOFTBALL MAKING SURE YOU ARE REENTERED INTO THE GAME.

INTO THE THIRD FOR RIGDON AFTER SHE HAS A BASE HIT INTO RIGHT FIELD.

THAT IS REALLY GOOD HEADS UP BASEBALL.

THE OTHER TEAM COULD CHALLENGE IT AND SHE WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY OUT.

THE SUN IS SHINING ON FORT DODGE AND IT HAS BEEN SHINING ON ANTHONY CENTENNIAL 11-0 LEAD WITH THE SPARTANS LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE OF THEIR OWN.

1-1.

THIS ONE IS POPPED UP IN MAKING THE PLAY IS BELZER.

TWO AWAY.

TIME IS CALLED BY BRETT DELANEY.

OUT OF THE GAME IS LAUREN SAND HOME AND HOW ABOUT JADEN STAR?

THE SENIOR COMING IN WITH TWO OUTS IN THE FIFTH AND ONE OUT AWAY FROM 11 HI MAKES ZERO IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

JORDAN STARE WITH 15 INNINGS PITCHED THIS SEASON.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SENIOR?

SHE IS CENTENNIAL AND HAS PITCHED LIKE MANY THAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE.

THAT IS A 2.252 E.R.A.

THIS SEASON.

SCHOOLS WITH CENTENNIAL THIS YEAR WITH A VERY DEEP PITCHING STAFF.

>> THE SENIORS THAT STARTED WITH DAVID SEAN AND THE EIGHTH GRADE COACH THAT WENT UNDEFEATED IN EIGHTH GRADE BALL, THEY ADD ANOTHER SENIOR TO THE FIELD LAUREN KESTERSON.

SHE STARTED THIS CONTEST AND HAD FOUR INNINGS.

SHE'S PITCHING TO SIDNEY MORRISON AT THE PLATE IS ASHLEY HANSEN LOOKING UP ALL ONE.

IN HER LAST AT-BAT SHE HAD A SOLID HITS TO LEFT FIELD.

HARD SLAP THAT REALLY GOT WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.

ANTHONY CENTENNIAL LOOKING FOR SCHOOL HISTORY.

RUNNERS-UP THEY WERE THIRD PLACE IN 2021.

SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP GAME APPEARANCE WITH TWO BALLS AND ONE STRIKE.

FRESHMAN CENTER FIELDER TRYING TO PASS THE BATON TO THE NEXT BATTER THE COUNT WILL MOVE TO 2 -2.

REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME THE FUTURE IS SO BRIGHT FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE YOUNG TALENT YOU HAVE WHO YOU KNOW WILL BE A SENIOR YEAR.

CENTENNIAL ARE THE FIVE A CHAMPIONS IN 2023.

FROM THE FIRST PITCH AT THIS GAME YOU CAN SEE THAT CENTENNIAL CAME OUT READY TO PLAY.

THEY DID NOT SWING OR THROW THAT LIGHTS OUT DEFENSE FOR THE CENTENNIAL JAGUARS.

ANTHONY CENTENNIAL AT SIX RUNS IN THE FIRST.

TWO MORE RUNS IN THE SECOND.

THREE MORE IN THE FOURTH.

AND THEY PUT THE FINAL RAPS ON THEIR 2023 SEASON WITH A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE FIRST IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

TEARS THE ENTIRE CENTENNIAL FAN BASE.

THERE IS A THREE RUN HOME RUN IN THE FOURTH.

JORDAN KENNEDY A HOME RUN IN THE SECOND INNING.

THESE TEAMS NOW SHAKE HANDS AND CONGRATULATE EACH OTHER.

PLEASANT VALLEY HAD A FANTASTIC SEASON AS THE SIXTH SEED MAKING IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

MAXIMUM EFFORT ALL WEEK LONG AND THEY DID THE SAME HERE TODAY.

A TOUGH SCHEDULE ALL SEASON AND WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT PLAYING AGAINST SOUTHWEST AND THE TOUGH SCHEDULE PAID OFF FOR THEM MAKING IT TO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

BRIGHT FOR THIS YOUNG TEAM.

THEY LOST TO WAIKIKI BUT BEAT THEM IN THE QUARTERFINALS AGAINST STATE.

THE COVETED PINK T-SHIRTS ARE COMING OUT.

AND WE SEND IT UP TOP TO TIM FITZPATRICK.

>> AS SOFTBALL ADMINISTRATOR OF AND DIRECTOR OF TEAM BURGER HERE THIS IS YOUR 2023 CLASS FIVE A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.

FROM CENTENNIAL MATTIE OTT.

FROM PLEASANT VALLEY MARY PAGE WITHERS.

FROM MUSCATINE AVERY SCHROEDER.

FROM SOUTHEAST POLK JOCELYN STAIRS.

FROM MUSCATINE BECCA HAIG.

FROM CELLS THAT USE POLE, SYDNEY PLASTER.

FROM CENTENNIAL McKINSEY JAMES.

FROM PLEASANT VALLEY, REAGAN HASSLE.

FROM CENTENNIAL, LAUREN KESTERSON.

FROM PLEASANT VALLEY, JESSE KLEVEN'S.

AND YOU'RE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM CAPTAIN FOR 2023 IN CLASS 5A JORDAN KENNEDY.

>> JORDAN KENNEDY WAS THE FRESHMAN FOR ANTHONY CENTENNIAL.

CAPTAIN OF THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM AND ONE HECK OF A GROUP OF BALLPLAYERS HERE HONORED IN THIS CLASS FIVE A FIELD.

>> WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GREAT HITTING THIS WEEK IT HAS BEEN FUN TO WATCH.

KENNEDY WAS A HOME RUN TODAY AND IN THE SEMI FINALS.

REALLY STACKING UP THE RBIs FOR THE WEEK.

RBI DOUBLE IN THE FIRST AND A TWO RUN HOME RUN IN THE SECOND.

MANAGING THE SCORE A RUN IN THE FOURTH.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RUNNERS-UP IN CLASS FIVE A HOSEA LAURA AND THE PLEASANT VALLEY SPARTANS.

IT WAS QUITE THE OUTSTANDING SOFTBALL SEASON.

PRESENTING YOUR 2023 CLASS FIVE A STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS HEAD COACH BRETT DELANEY AND THE JAGUARS FROM CENTENNIAL.

>> WHAT A LOOK HERE A PRIME SPOT ON THAT CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.

THE FINAL STICKER ON THE FIVE A BRACKET FOR McKINSEY JAMES THE SENIOR WITH MISSION COMPLETE FOR ANTHONY CENTENNIAL.

THE FIVE A TITLE GAME IS NOW IN THE BOOKS.

THE FOR A GAME IS COMING UP NEXT WITH A SEVENTH SEED AND AN EIGHT SEED BATTLING TO WIN IT ALL.

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